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Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Confusion Simplicity Yoga
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Asana Challenges Gains
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Mind Soul Training
All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Divinity Flames Yoga
When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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Artist Inspiring Practice
Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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Freedom Inspiring Yoga
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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Animal Essence Stars
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
Be inspired but not proud.
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Inspired Inspiring Proud
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Above Limitation Rise
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Mind Self Yoga
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress

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